PASO ROBLES, Calif. — The Aviation Alliance has introduced its first business-aviation offering, the Excalibur 421, featuring a remanufactured Cessna 421 airframe and Pratt & Whitney PT6A-135A turboprop engines. The Excalibur 421 also includes a custom Garmin avionics suite and a new-generation interior cabin. Tires, brakes, de-icing, hydraulics and electrical systems are also all new, […]
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Blue Angels featured at Wings over Wayne Air Show
SEYMOUR JOHNSON AIR FORCE BASE, N.C. — The Wings Over Wayne Air Show at Seymour Johnson AFB in Goldsboro, N.C., takes off May 18-19. The airshow will salute our service men and women around the globe, past and present. Colonel Jeannie Leavitt, Base Commander and first female fighter pilot in the U.S., plans to pay […]
Bahamas extends exemption for 406MHz ELTs for GA pilots
NASSAU, The Bahamas – Bahamas Civil Aviation has extended the Feb. 1, 2013, deadline for installing 406 MHz ELTs in aircraft flying to the Bahamas. “Even better news is that this waiver extension will be likely long term, removing uncertainly in the short term about flying your plane to the Bahamas,” said Jim Parker of […]
New Florida dealers for Flight Design
Flight Design has appointed two new dealers in Florida for its line of light-sport aircraft. In the Daytona Beach area, specifically at the world’s largest private airport of Spruce Creek Fly-in (7FL6), Brian Boucher has formed Florida Light-Sport Aircraft. “I am very pleased to represent the market leading brand of Light-Sport Aircraft in northern Florida,” […]
Innovations: Limit your exposure to CO
Tim Roehl of General Aviation Modifications Inc., shares an easy way to limit carbon monoxide (CO) exposure and potentially incapacitating CO poisoning when flying. “If you think you may be suffering from CO exposure, lean the mixture aggressively, provided any change in performance can be tolerated,” he advises. “Rich mixtures result in high levels of […]
Sebring LSA Expo wraps up successful weekend
SEBRING, Florida —The ninth annual U.S. Sport Aviation Expo wrapped up a successful weekend of activities supporting general aviation and the Light-Sport Aircraft industry Sunday, Jan. 20. Expo officials estimate the weekend’s attendance will exceed last year’s record attendance of 16,000. Mike Willingham, Executive Director of the Sebring Regional Airport, said, “The weather wasn’t as […]
Cessna goes to the races
Cessna Aircraft Co. has inked a strategic partnership with Chip Ganassi Racing Teams to sponsor NASCAR driver Jamie McMurray, as well as racers in the IZOD IndyCar Series and the GRAND-AM Rolex Sports Car Series. “Clyde Cessna founded this company on our customers’ need for speed. Today, performing with precision to drive success is the […]
First GE H80-powered King Air delivered
SMYRNA, Tenn. — Smyrna Air Center, Inc. has delivered the world’s first King Air C90 powered by General Electric’s new H80 800 SHP engines. A formal ribbon cutting and delivery presentation was held at Smyrna Air Center at Smyrna Airport (MQY) in Smyrna Tennessee on Thursday Dec. 20, 2012. The aircraft, a 1974 King Air […]
Jet Aviation expands in Houston and Dallas
Jet Aviation recently expanded its maintenance capability at its newly acquired FBO at Houston’s Hobby Airport, as well as expanded its ramp at its FBO in Dallas at Love Field. “We are supplementing our existing expert in-line and AOG support for aircraft of all types and sizes, by adding staff and resources to support Houston’s […]